Gate.



W. C. FOLSOM.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1910.

995,338, Patented June 13, 1911.

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W. U. FOLSOM- GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1910. 995,338, Patented June 13, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. FOLSOM, OF POSTVILLE, IOWA.

GATE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. FoLsoM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Iostville, in the county of Allamakee and State of Iowa,have invented new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to farm gates with special reference to providing agate which can be easily and quickly operated for all of the uses of theordinary gate and adapted to be manipulated so as to separate thedifferent classes of stock on farms that are herded in the same field orfields contiguous to each other.

To this end it consists in a substantial post to which a gate dividedhorizontally is pivotally hinged, to adapt it to be swung in eitherdirection and raised and lowered at pleasure.

It further consists in certain means for manipulatin or operating thegate to produce the effect desired in separating and caring fordifi'erent classes of animals herded in the same or contiguous fields.

In order to present the objects, the mode of construction and the meanswhereby the objects of this invention are readily and easilyaccomplished I herewith present the following specification which takenin con nection with the drawings accompanying the same and forming apart hereof, will set out a full, clear and exact description,sufiicient to enable one skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate when closed. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the gate with upper part opened. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the gate with the upper part raised and lowerportion closed and both portions locked. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe gate with the upper portion closed andlower portion opened. Fig. 5is a perspective view of hook attached to gate frame to which the cablefor lifting the gate is removably attached. Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof the front gate post showing the mode of adjusting the lock and catchon gate.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in each of thefigures.

My gate is divided longitudinally and in the drawings, 2 designates theupper member and 4 the lower member constituting the gate. The twomembers are constructed Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25, 1910.

Patented June 13, 1911. Serial No. 551,591.

complete and independent of each other, and each may be operated aloneor in conjunction with the other member to produce the particular resultdesired. A pintle rod 12 is secured to the post 5 by the brackets 3. Tothis rod 12 are pivoted two members 2 and 1 by the hinged brackets 6, 8and 10, each provided with an opening through which the rod 12 passes.The upper member 2 is attached to the bar 12 in such a manner that itcan be raised and lowered or swung around by its hinges on the rod 12.

In the front stile 16 of the gate 2 is a mortise through which a lockingbar 18 projects and engages a catch 22 in the front post 20,

which said catch is adapted to slide up and down in the groove 24: insaid post 20 and be held at any given position by the thumb screw 21.The lower member 4: is also provided with a locking bar 25 which isadapted to engage a catch 26, which catch is also adapted to slide inthe groove 24.

Upon one side of the post 5 is a box 30 which has in it a ratchet wheelupon a shaft and for the purpose of operating this shaft and the ratchetwheel there is provided a crank' 35. To the ratchet wheel is secured acable 36, which passes up over a pulley 38 and down on the other sideand loosely attached to a clip 10 detachably secured to the post 15 ofthe upper member 2. Upon the lower member 1 there is also secured to thepost 42 a catch 4 L similar to the catch 10 on the member 2, whereby thecable 36 may be used to engage the member 2 or removed therefrom andengage the member 4:. To keep the two members of the gate together thereis provided a guide 45 in the member 2 and a guide 46 in the member 4:and a bar I8 is slid down in back of the guides 45 and 16, thus holdingthe two members rigidly together at their centers. There may also beprovided similar loops 19 and 50, and a locking bar 52 adapted to engagethese two loops. There is also a spring 55 over the locking bar 25.

The manner of operating my device will be readily understood. Startingwith the gate in the position shown in Fig. 1 closed and locked andhaving all of the stock, cattle, sheep, pigs and the like on one side ofthe gate, and the operator desires to take the sheep from that lot andleave the cattle and hogs with the other stock in the lot, he grasps thecrank 35 and turns it, wh1ch winds up'the cable 36 and this cablepassing over the pulley 38 and engaging the clip latch on each of themembers, means for 40 on the post 15 raises the member 2 (see Fig. 3)sufiiciently for the sheep to jump over the lower member 4: and all passout, but the cattle and hogs cannot. Then if it is desired to separatethe hogs from the cattle he lowers the upper member and opens the lowermember 4. This allows the hogs to pass out and none of the cattle, asshown in Fig. 4c, or he can attach the cable 36 to the clip 44: and liftup both members of the gate. If he desires to separate the sheep fromthe hogs and the cattle, but desires to have them in two differentfields from the stock, then he turns out the lower member as shown inFig. 4, and turns it around at right angles to the position that it isshown in Fig. 1, across the gate-way of the con tiguous field, then thehogs and sheep can pass through beneath the member 2 and be separatedfrom the cattle, then the sheep can jump over the member 4 and be separated from the hogs. This will leave the stock in three different lotsor pastures. Hence, it will be seen by this mode of construction andmanipulation that I can adapt my gate to the convenient separation ofdifferent animals of difierent size, and also operate my gate in theusual manner.

Having now described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In a gate, a support, a gate divided longitudinallyand consisting of two members, means for hinging both of the members toa common support and each adapted to be swung independent of the other,means attached to the support and adapted to engage the lower gate andraise both gates vertically, and means for locking the gates independentof each other.

2. In a gate, a support, a frame divided longitudinally forming twomembers both hinged to the support and adapted to be operated separatelyand independent of each other, means attached to the support and adaptedto be brought into engagement with the upper member for raising andlowering the upper member without raising or lowering the lower member,a latch on the upper member, and a catch vertically adjustable andadapted to be engaged by the latch on the upper member and lock theupper member in its vertical positions.

3. In a gate, a front and rear support, a gate divided longitudinallyand forming two independent members one over the other, a

pivotally hinging separately both members to the rear support, means forraising the two members consisting of a pulley loosely attached to therear support, a ratchet wheel pivoted to the rear support, a cableattached to the ratchet wheel and adapted to travel over said pulley andengage a catch on either of the members, means for operating the ratchetwheel to raise the members vertically, and means for locking either orboth of the members in their diflerent vertical positions to the frontsupport.

a. A gate consisting of a front and rear support, a gate dividedlongitudinally and forming two independent members adapted to beoperated separately or together, means for pivotally hinging bothmembers to the rear support, a hook on each member, means attached tothe rear support and engaging the hooks on the members for raising andlowering the members, means engaging both members for adapting them tobe operated in conjunction with each other, a spring actuated latch oneach member and catches on the front support adapted to be engaged bythe latch on each member and said catches adjustable vertically on thefront support.

5. In a gate of the class described, a post, companion gate sectionsslidably and pivotally mounted on said post, and detachable meansconnecting the gates with each other.

6. In a gate of the class described, a supporting post, gate sectionsarranged in superimposed relation and detachably connected with eachother and operatively associated with the post to swing horizontallythereon or to slide longitudinally thereon, and mechanism to move theuppermost section of the gate to an elevated position when disconnectedfrom its lowermost companion section.

7. In a gate of the character described, a main supporting post, anauxiliary post, extending from the main post, and gate sections slidablyand pivotally mounted on the auxiliary post and detachably connectedwith each other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

IVILLIAM C. FOLSOM.

lVitnesses CHRIST MEIER, IVLLLIAM GERIoKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

